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Kenshin has settled into his new life with Kaoru and his other friends when he is approached with a request from the Meiji government. Makoto...

Genre: Action

Cast: Takeru Satoh

In the years before World War II, a penniless Japanese child is torn from her family to work as a maid in a geisha house.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Zhang Ziyi

Sachiko is the leader of a girl gang from Shinjuku who wind up in Kyoto and make a bid to take over the local girl gangs there.

Genre: Action

Cast: Miki Sugimoto

Toru recalls his life in the 1960s, when his friend Kizuki killed himself and he grew close to Naoko, Kizuki's girlfriend, and another woman, the...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kenichi Matsuyama

After living a traumatic experience in Tokyo, Yukiko returns to Kyoto, where Hatsuko, her mother, runs a brothel, which upsets Yukiko very much.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kinuyo Tanaka

The family of an older man who runs a small sake brewery become concerned with his finances and his health after they discover him visiting an old...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Setsuko Hara

When the wife of a 17th century Kyoto scroll-maker is falsely accused of having an affair with his best employee, the pair flee the city and find...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kazuo Hasegawa

As a group of university students go out for a night on the town, a sophomore known only as "The Girl with Black Hair" experiences a series of...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Gen Hoshino

Japan, 1137. The Taira family, a samurai clan, becomes involved in the disputes between Emperor Toba and the monks of Mount Hiei.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Raizō Ichikawa

Set with three central figures, "Mother Water" describes the daily lives of people near the Kamo River in Kyoto, Japan.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Satomi Kobayashi

In 1701, Lord Takuminokami Asano has a feud with Lord Kira and he tries to kill Kira in the corridors of the Shogun's palace. The Shogun sentences...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Chōjūrō Kawarasaki

Chieko Sanda has operated a dry goods store in Kyoto for the past 20 years. Her family has owned the store for generations. Chieko is conflicted on...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yasuko Matsuyuki

Umekichi, a geisha in the Gion district of Kyoto, feels obliged to help her lover Furusawa when he asks to stay with her after becoming bankrupt and...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Isuzu Yamada

After the closure of a coal mine leaves her husband unemployed, Fumiko travels from Kyushu to Kyoto with her daughter Kimiko, and they become...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Nobuko Otowa

Learning of his family's collapse, acolyte Goichi, sent to study silently at the Temple of the Golden Pavilion, must endure acute psychological...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Raizō Ichikawa

Set in an old merchant house in Kyoto, the film traces the passing of an era through the story of a parent and child.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yukiko Todoroki

Over more than a decade, the daughter of a Kyoto Imperial University professor comes of age as she witnesses her father fired for opposing the rise...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Setsuko Hara

In the late 16th century, after the death of Nobunaga Oda, Hideyoshi Toyotomi takes power. The age of war is about to end, but Hideyoshi Toyotomi's...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Mansai Nomura

Genre: Drama

Cast: Mai Fukagawa

Fleeing a distressing family situation, Eiko, a very young girl, becomes an apprentice to Miyoharu, a veteran geisha. Both, determined to preserve...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Michiyo Kogure

The life of an American woman living in Kyoto, Japan, is upended when her husband and son disappear in a mysterious plane crash. As consolation,...

Genre: Mystery

Cast: Rashida Jones

Towards the end of the Edo era, in the town of Kyoto, there lived a wealthy merchant by the name of Imai Tadamasa. He was blessed with 3 children,...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Haru

Murasaki Shikibu (Yoshitaka Yuriko), the heroine of this story, wrote the bestseller 'The Tale of Genji,' transcending a thousand years during the...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yuriko Yoshitaka

Narihira Takeru is a delinquent who often thinks about Tsukimiya, the girl who appears in his dreams. After an unexpected accident, Takeru finds...

Genre: Animation

Cast: Taihi Kimura

The timeless heart of Japan's ancient capital. Against its rich backdrop of culture and tradition, today's Kyoto continues to innovate and inspire.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Gary Tegler

Nagomu Irino returns to his Kyoto home for the first time in ten years when his father is hospitalized. Nagomu is eager to take over Ryokushou, the...

Genre: Animation

Cast: Nobunaga Shimazaki

Kiyo and Sumire came to Kyoto from Aomori Prefecture, dreaming of becoming maiko. But after an unexpected turn of events, Kiyo starts working as the...

Genre: Animation

Cast: Kana Hanazawa

Two inseparable friends move to Kyoto to chase their dreams of becoming maiko, but decide to pursue different passions while living under the same...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Nana Mori

Chitose-chan is a penguin who lives in Kyoto. Getting in touch with people and getting fed delicious food as she curiously walks around Kyoto streets...

Genre: Animation

Cast: Shinichi Tsutsumi

The year is 1863, with the story being based in Kyoto. We follow a youth named Nio who is an honest and kind soul who's considerate of his family,...

Genre: Animation

Cast: Shuichiro Umeda

Shinsengumi! is a Taiga drama television series produced by Japanese broadcaster NHK. It was a popular drama about the Shinsengumi, a Japanese...

Genre: Action & Adventure

Cast: Shingo Katori

Yae no Sakura is a 2013 Japanese television series. It is the 52nd NHK taiga drama. The story focuses on Niijima Yae, who is portrayed by Haruka...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Haruka Ayase

After a new job and a month-long business trip to Osaka, Kana is back in Kyoto for a short stay! "What is the feeling of 'loneliness' when living in...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Fumino Kimura

Based on the novel by Jirō Asada, the TV movie depicts the lives of the Shinsengumi warriors during the turmoil of the late Edo period.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ken Watanabe

Set in 1635, 35 years after the Battle of Sekigahara, Japan appears peaceful. But a monstrous creature called 'Gun-kyo' that devours humans disrupts...

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Cast: Fumino Kimura

Ueba Kamo is a career woman who works as a government official at the Ministry of Finance after graduating from Tokyo University. One day, her mother...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Keiko Horiuchi

Genre: Reality

Cast: Helen To

Genre: Reality

Cast: Helen To

We go on a one month backpacking adventure around Japan. In this 2 part documentary series we travel to Japan for the very first time. Travelling...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Karl Watson

The story takes place in the Bakumatsu era in Kyoto. A solider who has lost his memories is aided by the famous Shinsengumi member Sōji Okita. Sōji...

Genre: Animation

Cast: Daisuke Sakuma